Appendix C. Baselines for Age-Adjusted Mortality Objectives Using Rates Age Adjusted to 1940 and to 2000 Standards: United States, 1998

Objective	

 Total population	

Male	

Female	

White	
	
Black or
  African American	
	
American Indian or Alaska Native	
	
 Asian or Pacific Islander 	

   Hispanic
     or Latino1	

number	
Short objective text	
1940	
2000	
	
1940	
2000	
	
1940	
2000	
	
1940	
2000	
	
1940	
2000	
	
1940	
2000	
	
1940	
2000	
	
1940	
2000	

  3.1	
All cancer	
123.6	
202.4	
	
147.7	
252.4	
	
105.5	
169.2	
	
121.0	
199.3	
	
161.2	
255.1	
	
83.4	
129.3	
	
74.8	
124.2	
	
76.1	
123.7	

  3.2	
Lung cancer	
37.0	
57.6	
	
49.5	
79.9	
	
27.0	
41.5	
	
36.8	
57.5	
	
44.6	
66.7	
	
25.1	
38.2	
	
17.2	
29.3	
	
13.6	
22.7	

  3.3	
Female breast cancer	
18.8	
27.9	
	
...	
...	
	
18.8	
27.9	
	
18.3	
27.3	
	
25.3	
35.7	
	
10.3	
14.2	
	
9.8	
13.1	
	
12.1	
16.8	

  3.4	
Cervical cancer 	
2.3	
3.0	
	
...	
...	
	
2.3	
3.0	
	
2.1	
2.7	
	
4.4	
6.0	
	
1.7	
2.5	
	
2.2	
3.3	
	
2.5	
3.3	

  3.5	
Colorectal cancer 	
11.8	
21.2	
	
14.3	
25.4	
	
9.9	
18.2	
	
11.5	
20.8	
	
16.5	
28.2	
	
8.2	
13.3	
	
7.8	
13.7	
	
7.4	
12.8	

  3.6	
Oropharyngeal cancer	
2.0	
3.0	
	
3.1	
4.5	
	
1.1	
1.7	
	
1.8	
2.8	
	
3.3	
4.5	
	
1.4	
2.1	
	
1.5	
2.2	
	
1.2	
1.8	

  3.7	
Prostate cancer	
13.2	
32.0		
13.2	
32.0	
	
...	
...	
	
12.0	
29.4	
	
30.3	
68.7	
	
7.4	
15.9	
	
4.7	
12.4	
	
9.0	
20.9	

  3.8	
Melanoma 	
1.9	
2.8	
	
2.7	
4.1	
	
1.2	
1.8	
	
2.2	
3.1	
	
0.3	
0.5	
	
 *	
 *	
	
0.2	
0.3	
	
0.5	
0.8	

  5.5	
Diabetes-related2	
40.7	
75.2	
	
47.2	
87.1	
	
35.6	
66.7	
	
37.0	
69.8	
	
76.3	
129.9	
	
66.4	
106.5	
	
30.7	
61.6	
	
48.3	
86.3	

12.1	
Coronary heart disease	
96.8	
208.3	
	
131.8	
264.9	
	
68.0	
165.2	
	
94.1	
206.0	
	
133.2	
252.0	
	
70.1	
126.2	
	
53.6	
123.3	
	
68.3	
144.7	

12.7	
Stroke	
25.1	
59.6	
	
26.6	
60.1	
	
23.6	
58.3	
	
23.3	
57.6	
	
41.4	
80.3	
	
19.6	
37.7	
	
22.7	
50.6	
	
19.0	
39.2	

13.14	
HIV infection	
4.6	
4.9	
	
7.2	
7.7	
	
2.2	
2.3	
	
2.6	
2.7	
	
20.6	
22.1	
	
2.2	
2.3	
	
0.8	
0.8	
	
6.2	
6.7	

15.3	
Firearm-related injuries	
11.3	
11.3	
	
19.6	
20.1	
	
3.3	
3.3	
	
9.5	
10.0	
	
22.7	
20.3	
	
12.0	
11.3	
	
4.4	
4.2	
	
10.4	
9.7	

15.8	
Poisoning 	
6.3	
6.8	
	
9.0	
9.6	
	
3.8	
4.1	
	
6.5	
6.9	
	
7.3	
7.9	
	
7.9	
8.1	
	
1.5	
1.6	
	
5.6	
5.9	

15.9	
Suffocation	
3.5	
4.1	
	
5.2	
6.0	
	
1.8	
2.4	
	
3.5	
4.1	
	
3.5	
4.2	
	
7.2	
7.6	
	
2.9	
3.5	
	
2.8	
3.1	

15.13	
Unintentional injuries	
29.3	
35.0	
	
42.1	
49.4	
	
17.1	
22.1	
	
29.1	
34.8	
	
34.3	
39.5	
	
54.9	
59.9	
	
14.0	
17.6	
	
27.4	
30.2	

15.15a	
Motor vehicle crashes	
15.2	
15.6	
	
20.9	
21.6	
	
9.6	
10.1	
	
15.2	
15.6	
	
16.2	
16.8	
	
30.3	
30.4	
	
8.5	
9.3	
	
14.6	
14.7	

15.25	
Fire	
1.0	
1.2	
	
1.3	
1.6	
	
0.8	
0.9	
	
0.8	
1.0	
	
2.4	
3.0	
	
1.8	
2.1	
	
0.2	
0.3	
	
0.7	
0.9	

15.27	
Falls	
2.3	
4.7	
	
3.4	
6.4	
	
1.4	
3.5	
	
2.4	
4.9	
	
1.9	
3.1	
	
3.1	
4.4	
	
1.5	
3.4	
	
2.2	
3.7	

15.29	
Drowning	
1.6	
1.6	
	
2.7	
2.7	
	
0.6	
0.6	
	
1.5	
1.5	
	
2.4	
2.3	
	
3.0	
3.1	
	
1.5	
1.5	
	
1.6	
1.5	

15.32	
Homicide	
7.1	
6.5	
	
11.0	
10.0	
	
3.2	
3.1	
	
4.3	
4.0	
	
24.8	
22.6	
	
9.5	
9.1	
	
3.6	
3.5	
	
9.7	
8.8	

18.1	
Suicide	
10.4	
11.3	
	
17.2	
19.2	
	
4.0	
4.3	
	
11.2	
12.2	
	
5.9	
5.8	
	
13.4	
12.6	
	
5.9	
6.6	
	
6.0	
6.3	

24.10	
Chronic obstructive  
    pulmonary deaths (aged
    45 years and older)	

78.1	

119.4	

95.4	

153.7	

66.2	

98.8	

81.0	

124.3	

61.3	

85.3	

57.3	

79.6	

26.8	

48.6	

30.4	

52.5	

26.2	
Cirrhosis	
7.2	
9.5	
	
10.3	
13.4	
	
4.4	
6.0	
	
7.1	
9.4	
	
8.0	
9.9	
	
22.0	
25.9	
	
2.4	
3.5	
	
11.7	
15.4	

26.3	
Drug-induced	
5.9	
6.3	
	
8.2	
8.6	
	
3.6	
3.9	
	
5.8	
6.1	
	
8.1	
8.8	
	
6.7	
7.0	
	
1.2	
1.2	
	
5.9	
6.2	

...Not applicable.	*Data are unreliable. Based on fewer than 20 deaths.   1 Hispanic origin can be of any race.    2 1997 data using any mention of diabetes on the death certificate.